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July 18, 2014 — Starting July 15, nurse practitioners in Kentucky who have completed a four-year collaboration with a physician will be allowed to prescribe routine medications without a doctor’s involvement, a major shift that could help improve consumers’ access to care.
The law that makes this possible passed after five ...

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As the ACA shifts care delivery models, employers are turning their focus to the frontline worker and determining how they can make the right investments in the skills and career development of these workers to support the mandates of the ACA. It is not yet fully known how ACA ...

AANP commends Governor Dayton and the Minnesota legislature on passage of Senate File 511 and urges other states to take similar steps to modernize licensure laws
AUSTIN, TX (May 13, 2014) — Angela Golden and Kenneth Miller, Co-Presidents of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), welcome the news that Minnesota's ...

May 16, 2014 — It's getting harder to find a doctor in Grand County. From Winter Park to Granby health care professionals are leaving, in part because residents are driving to Denver for medical care.
Just off Main Street in Winter Park, Doctor Jim Kennedy says the phones are ringing off ...

May 16, 2014 — Could you explain what a health insurance premium is? What about coinsurance?
Just under half of Americans with health insurance feel confident that they understand such basic insurance terms, according to a recent study in the journal Health Affairs. Among uninsured Americans, fewer than a quarter have ...

May 16, 2014 — Before you can be a savvy shopper, you have to know the prices.
The trend toward consumers becoming more responsible for health-care spending decisions grew stronger Wednesday as three major health insurers said they will partner with a nonprofit group to share information about prices and quality ...

May 9, 2014 — Irma Montalvo signed up for a health plan through California's new insurance exchange last month, getting coverage for the first time in eight years.
But when she needed treatment for a painful skin rash, Montalvo didn't go to a doctor near her home in Chula Vista. Instead ...

May 9, 2014 — May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth, is celebrated around the world as International Nurses Day. According to the International Council of Nurses, this year's theme is "Nurses: A Force for Change."
Florence Nightingale found her calling by revolutionizing nursing care of wounded soldiers during the ...

May 9, 2014 — You may be surprised what jobs rake in the most cash in the Lone Star State, even more than the average CEO. Check out which positions yield the biggest paychecks according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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